Sounding toy



-l. R. KIDNEY.

SOUNDING TOY.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 2, 1922.

Pawli'oed June 13, 1922.

OFFICE.

JOSIAH R. KIDNEY, OF EAST HAMPTON, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE N. HILL BRASS (10., OF EAST HAMPTON, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION.

SOUN DING TOY.

Application filed March 2,

To all 107107, it may 007106707! Be it known that I, JOSIAH It. KIDNEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at East Hampton, in the county of Middlesex and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Sounding Toys; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the ac companying drawings and the characters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this application, and represent, in

Fig. 1, a face view of a sounding toy constructed in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2, a top view, partly in section, with the telephone receiver detached.

Fig. 3, a broken side view, with the gong of the bell removed.

This invention relates to improvement in sounding toys, and particularly to toys simu-' lating in appearance a desk telephone instrument, which includes a post, a bell, and a receiver-hook through which the bell is sounded, the object of the invention being a simple arrangement of parts, whereby the bell-may be operated through the receiverhook, and the invention consists in the construction as hereinafter described and particularly recited in the claims.

In carrying out my invention, I employ a post 5, supported by a suitable base 6, and having attached at its upper end the simulation of a mouth-piece 7. The post is preferably made from wood and formed, near its upper end, with a transverse hole 8. Surrounding the post, below the hole, is a clip 9, which supports an ordinary bicycle bell 10, which includes a segmental rack 11, by which the hammers 12 are thrown into engagement with the gong. Mounted on a screw 13, by which the clamp 9 is secured in place, is a receiver-hook 14, similar to the receiver-hook of an ordinary telephone, which receives the simulation of a receiver 15, which is connected by a cord 16 with the base 6. Around the screw 13 is coiled a Specification of Letters Patent. Patented J lie 13, 1922.

1922. Serial No. 540,539.

spring 17, one end 18 of which bears against the under side of the hook 14, while the other end 19 extends, through the hole 8, into engagement with the segmental rack 11, so that, when the hook 14 is depressed, the rack 11 will be moved to sound the bell. By employing a spring between the hook 14 and the bell, I avoid any possibility of disarrangement by bending of the parts, as the hook 14; is formed from sheet-metal, and it may here be noted that the hook 141: is provided at its inner end with a disk 20, which covers the upper part of the hole 8, and also forms a stop to limit the upward movement of the hook. With this arrangement, the receiver is hung directly in line with the post in the same position that the hook stands in in a regular telephone instrument.

I claim:

1. A sounding toy, comprising a post formed with a transverse hole, a bicycle bell, including a clamp, surrounding said post, a hook pivotally connected with said clamp, and a spring, one end of which tends to raise said hook, and the other end extending through the hole in the post, into actual engagement with said bell.

2. A sounding toy, comprising a base, a post mounted thereon, a head at the top of said post, said post formed with a transverse hole, a bicycle bell, including a clamp, secured to said post below said hole and in line therewith, a hook pivotally connected with said clamp and formed at its inner end with a stop, and a spring mounted in said clamp and bearing at one end against the under side of the hook and the other end extending through said hole into actual engagement with said bell.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOSIAH R. KIDNEY.

VVYMAN N. HILL. 

